Amós 5
1 Oíd esta palabra, porque yo levanto endecha sobre vosotros, casa de Israel.
You people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you:
2 Cayó, nunca más se levantará la virgen de Israel: fue dejada sobre su tierra, no hay quien la levante.
“You are like [MET] a young woman, but in spite of that, you will certainly be struck down and you will never get up again! You will lie on the ground, abandoned, and there will be no one to help you stand up.”
3 Porque así dijo el Señor Jehová: la ciudad que sacaba mil, quedará con ciento; y la que sacaba ciento, quedará con diez en la casa de Israel.
This is what Yahweh the Lord says to the people [MTY] of Israel: [“When your enemies attack you, ] and when 1,000 [of your soldiers] will go [to a battle], there will be only 100 who will survive. When 100 soldiers march out [from a city to fight], there will be only ten who will remain alive.”
4 Porque así dijo Jehová a la casa de Israel: Buscádme, y vivíd.
Yahweh continues to say to the people [MTY] of Israel: “You Israeli people, return to me! If you do that, you will continue to remain alive.
5 Y no busquéis a Bet-el, ni entréis en Gálgala, ni paséis a Beer-seba; porque Gálgala será llevada en cautividad, y Bet-el será deshecha.
Do not go to Bethel to seek [my help]; do not go to Gilgal [to worship]; do not [even] go to Beersheba, because [your enemies] will drag away [the people of] Gilgal to other countries, and Bethel will be completely destroyed.”
6 Buscád a Jehová, y vivíd; porque no hienda, como fuego, a la casa de José, y la consuma, y no haya en Bet-el quien lo apague.
So, come to Yahweh; if you do that, you will remain alive. If you do not do that, Yahweh will descend on you descendants [MTY] of Joseph like [SIM] a fire; that fire will burn everything in Bethel, and (nothing/no one) will be able to save that town.
7 Que convierten en ajenjo el juicio, y dejan en tierra la justicia.
You people distort what is fair/right and cause [people to think that] it is something that is very bitter; you treat good things as though they are evil.
8 El que hace el Arcturo y el Orión, y las tinieblas vuelve en mañana, y hace oscurecer el día en noche: el que llama a las aguas de la mar, y las derrama sobre la haz de la tierra, Jehová es su nombre.
[Do you know who] created all the groups of stars and put them in their places? [Each morning] he causes the darkness to become the dawn, and [each evening] he causes the daylight to become darkness. He scoops up water from the oceans [to become clouds], and then he dumps the water [from the clouds] onto the earth. The one who does those things is named Yahweh.
9 El que da esfuerzo al robador sobre el fuerte, y que el robador venga contra la fortaleza.
He causes strong [soldiers] to be killed, and causes the (high walls around/fortresses of) cities to be torn down.
10 Aborrecieron en la puerta al reprensor, y al que hablaba lo recto abominaron.
[He is the one who will punish you] because you hate those who challenge anyone who tries to make unjust decisions, and you hate those who tell the truth in your courts.
11 Por tanto por vuestro molestar al pobre, y recibís de él carga de trigo, edificasteis casas de sillares, mas no las habitaréis: plantasteis hermosas viñas, mas no beberéis el vino de ellas.
You oppress poor people and force them to pay big taxes. You have built big stone mansions [for yourselves], but you will not be able to live in them. You have planted vineyards, but there will not be any [grapes for you to harvest to make] wine.
12 Porque sabido he vuestras muchas rebeliones, y vuestros gruesos pecados: que afligen al justo, y reciben cohecho, y a los pobres en la puerta hacen perder su causa.
I know all of your sins and the terrible crimes that you have committed. You oppress righteous/honest people, and you accept bribes. You do not allow judges to treat poor people justly.
13 Por lo cual el prudente en tal tiempo calla, porque el tiempo es malo.
This is a time when [many people do] evil things, so people who have good sense say nothing [when they hear about such things being done].
14 Buscád lo bueno, y no lo malo, para que viváis: porque así será con vosotros Jehová Dios de los ejércitos, como decís.
In order to remain alive, you must stop doing what is wrong, and start doing what is right. If you do that, the Commander of the armies of angels will be with you like you claim [that he always is].
15 Aborrecéd el mal, y amád el bien, y ponéd juicio en la puerta: quizá Jehová Dios de los ejércitos habrá piedad de la resta de José.
Love what is good, and hate what is evil! Try to cause [judges] in your courts to make decisions that are right/fair! If you do those things, perhaps the Commander of the armies of angels will act mercifully toward [you descendants of] Joseph who are still alive.
16 Por tanto así dijo Jehová Dios de los ejércitos, el Señor: En todas las plazas habrá llanto, y en todas las calles dirán; ¡Ay, ay! y al labrador llamarán a lloro, y a endecha, a los que supieren endechar.
“Because I, Yahweh, [will punish you for your sins], this is what I have solemnly declared: People will be wailing loudly in every street, and people will be very sorrowful in every plaza. Farmers will be summoned to [come and] weep, along with the other official mourners who will wail [for those who have died].
17 Y en todas las viñas habrá llanto, porque pasaré por medio de ti, dijo Jehová.
People will be wailing in your vineyards, because I will punish you [IDM] severely. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it!”
18 ¡Ay de los que desean el día de Jehová! ¿para qué queréis este día de Jehová? Tinieblas, y no luz.
Terrible things will happen to you who desire that it will soon be the day when Yahweh [will punish your enemies], because that will be a day of darkness, not of light.
19 Como el que huye de delante del león, y se topa con el oso; o, si entrare en casa, y arrime su mano a la pared, y le muerda la culebra.
[At that time, ] when you try to run from a lion, you will face a bear. When you run into your house [to be safe], and you put your hand on a wall, it will be bitten by a snake.
20 ¿El día de Jehová, no es tinieblas, y no luz: oscuridad, que no tiene resplandor?
That day, [when he punishes people], will certainly be [RHQ] a very dark day [MET], without even a little bit of light.
21 Aborrecí, abominé vuestras solemnidades, y no me darán buen olor vuestras congregaciones.
[Yahweh says], “I hate your religious celebrations and the times when you gather to worship me; I detest them [DOU].
22 Y si me ofreciereis holocaustos y vuestros presentes, no los recibiré: ni miraré a los sacrificios pacíficos de vuestros engordados.
Even if you bring me offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar] and offerings of grain, I will no longer accept them. Even if you bring me offerings to renew/maintain fellowship with me, I will not pay any attention to them.
23 Quita de mí la multitud de tus cantares; y las salmodias de tus instrumentos no oiré.
So, stop singing noisy/loud songs! I will not listen when you play harps.
24 Y corra como las aguas el juicio, y la justicia como arroyo impetuoso.
Instead, your continually acting justly/fairly and righteously should be [never stop, ] like [SIM] [the water in] a river that never stops flowing.
25 ¿Habéisme ofrecido sacrificios y presente en el desierto en cuarenta años, casa de Israel?
You Israeli people [MTY], your [ancestors] wandered through the desert for 40 years; and during that time, they never brought any sacrifices and offerings to me!
26 Y ofrecisteis a Sicut, vuestro rey, y a Quión, vuestros ídolos, estrella de vuestros dioses que os hicisteis.
But they carried the two idols that they had made— the idols of Succoth, the god [that they considered to be] their king, and Kaiwan, [the image of the] star [that they worshiped].
27 Haréos pues trasportar de ese cabo de Damasco, dijo Jehová, Dios de los ejércitos es su nombre.
Therefore, now I will force you to go to [a country that is] far beyond Damascus! [That will surely happen because] I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it!”
